Ashtray



April 12, 193:3.

A. SEBEK ASHTRAY Filed May 15 1935 Patented Apr. 193s anneal? 1 I Albertseine. 01mm Application my 15, me, Serial No. 79,823

1 Claim. (01. 131-51) i This invention relates ash trays having meansfor retaining lighted cigarettes or cigars so positioned and arrangedrespectively to the bowl of the tray that it is practically impossiblefor a iighted'cigarette or cigar to'drop from its retainer and burn thesupport on which the tray is mounted. i a

One of the objects of my inventionresides in e the novel design andconstruction of the retainer for the cigarettes or cigars whichconstitutes a unitary cast member of comparatively thin wall sectionsincluding a central supporting base portion having a pair of oppositeand angularly disposed retaining arms formed integrally with said'central supporting portion, each of said arms havingv an inwardlyconverging or wedge-like recess adapted to receive and frictionallyretain a cigarette or cigar; the retaining portions of the arms being ofcomparatively thin and preferably 0 of rounded section topresentaminimum of curupwardly from the center of the tray and are" facecontact with a cigarette retained therebetween to thereby reduce to theminimum, or practically overcome, the objectionable condensa- "tion ofmoisture in the portion of the body of the 5 cigarette engaged by theretainer.

Another featureof my invention is found in the angularly disposedretaining recesses which afford convenience and accessibility ininserting and removing the cigarette.

Another feature of my invention resides in the novel construction of thetray which includes the formation of the tray ofa preferably circularbowl-like structure of novel ,wall formation having a novel centralintegrally-formed support adapted to support the cigarette retainer andan ornament with a single securingmember such as a screw; the centralsupport constituting a hollow upwardly disposed integral portion of thebowl-like tray body adapted to receive the securing member and toconceal it within the hollowed chamber of the central support.

With the above and other objectsin view, my invention consists in thenovel combination, construction and arrangement of the parts and mem- 4bers shown in preferred embodiment in the attached drawing, describedinthe following speciiications and particularly pointed out in theappended claim. i I

In the drawing:

viii) Fig. 1 is a plan view of an ash tray embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 isa section taken on line 2-4 vof Fig. l; n y Fig. 31s a sectionthrough the central retainer support showing a modified construction.

was In the illustrations, the tray u isshowninthe form oi' a castbowl-like circular structure having a downwardly and inwardly curvedouter peripheral wall portion Ill gradually extended into the annularintermediate horizontal or flattened portion Il forming the tray bottomand which flat- 5' tened portion l0 is extended in an inwardly andupwardly disposed circular wall formation 'constituting a centrallydisposed circular hollow support ll having a flattened topiil.

The hollow'support W is provided in its top 10 II, with an opening IIand an inner circular shoulder Il The cigarette or cigarretainer i2 ispreferably formed of a single die-casting and comprises a comparativelythin central flattened supporting 16 base portion I24 having a centrallylocated aperture oropening I2 and a pair of oppositely disposed arms l2formed integrally with the central portion I 2*.

The retaining arms I!" are disposed angularly' my inwardly downwardlyconverging or wedge-like recess l2 adapted to frictionally retain acigarette or cigar between the spaced fork-like por- 25 tions [2 whichare preferably of rounded crosssection to present a minimum of surfacecontact with the bodyof a cigarette inserted therebetween. I

Since the cigarette-retaining a l2 'areso mounted in the center of thetray and well within its outer wall margin it is evident that all of theash from a burning cigarette left in such retain 'ing arm must fallwithin the bowl and that any remaining portion of a lighted cigarette ifdisplaced from its support in the retainer would fall within the tray.

' I The retainer I! may be cast wlth an integral boss I! of round orsquare section as preferably shown in Fig. 2, and the opening l0 in thetop 0 ll" of the support In maybe formed of a suitable section toreceive such boss.

"the retainer I2 is of uniform section in its central portion, that is,the boss I1 and washer l4 shown secured to the support I0 by the screwwhich extends through the openings in the top 10 and retailner l2 intothreaded engagement with the nut I.

I claim: 7

In a combined cigarette holder andtray including a tray comprising aunitary body having a centrally disposed integrally-formed upstandingcircular wall with a flattened aperture top; wall'constituting, a hollowsupport, a.;-clgarette retainer mounted on said support and having asubstantially flattened central, base portion with an aperturejnregister with the aperture in said in Fig. 2 are omitted and theretainer I 2 is simply v both of said apertures into threaded engagementwith the threaded base of said ornament.

ALBERT

